
Photoshop Elements 3 Down & Dirty Tricks38
Adding Motion Step By Step
This is an old trick that I’ve used for years to make an object look like it’s in motion. This is often used for making an object look
as if it’s coming out of another object, such as an arm moving from off the screen, an object coming out of a box, etc.
STEP ONE: Open the object that you
want to give the effect of movement to.
Make a loose selection with the Lasso
tool (L) (here I selected the man’s fore-
arms along with the bat), and go to the
Layer menu, under New, and choose
Layer via Copy (or press Control-J) to
copy the selection onto its own layer.
STEP TWO: Press Cont ...